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1 Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward; and behold, at the door of the gate five and twenty men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
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1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. There at the entrance to the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
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2 Then said He unto me: "Son of man, these are the men who devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city,
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2 The LORD said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city.
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3 who say, `It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.'
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3 They say, 'Will it not soon be time to build houses? This city is a cooking pot, and we are the meat.'
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4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man."
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4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man."
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5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, "Speak! Thus saith the LORD: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
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5 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me, and he told me to say: "This is what the LORD says: That is what you are saying, O house of Israel, but I know what is going through your mind.
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6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
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6 You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
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7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
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7 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot, but I will drive you out of it.
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8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
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8 You fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers and will execute judgments among you.
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9 I will drive you out of the city and hand you over to foreigners and inflict punishment on you.
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10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
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10 You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel.
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11 This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel.
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12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD; for ye have not walked in My statutes, neither executed My judgments, but have done according to the manner of the heathen who are round about you."
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12 And you will know that I am the LORD, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you."
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13 And it came to pass when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Wilt Thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"
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13 Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, "Ah, Sovereign LORD! Will you completely destroy the remnant of Israel?"
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14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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14 The word of the LORD came to me:
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15 "Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, `Get you far from the LORD; unto us is this land given as a possession.'
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15 "Son of man, your brothers--your brothers who are your blood relatives and the whole house of Israel--are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, 'They are far away from the LORD; this land was given to us as our possession.'
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16 Therefore say, `Thus saith the Lord GOD: Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.'
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16 "Therefore say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.'
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17 Therefore say, `Thus saith the Lord GOD: I will even gather you from the people and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.'
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17 "Therefore say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will gather you from the nations and bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you back the land of Israel again.'
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18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
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18 "They will return to it and remove all its vile images and detestable idols.
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19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh,
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19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.
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20 that they may walk in My statutes and keep Mine ordinances, and do them. And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
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20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
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21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD."
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21 But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols, I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD."
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22 Then the cherubims lifted up their wings, and the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them.
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22 Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
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23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
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23 The glory of the LORD went up from within the city and stopped above the mountain east of it.
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24 Afterwards the Spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea to those of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
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24 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia in the vision given by the Spirit of God. Then the vision I had seen went up from me,
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25 Then I spoke unto those of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shown me.
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25 and I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.
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